Republican Congressional Stupidity Falls Two Votes Short

[gay_Aleks]

Come over to the dark side!

Yes, but I need a car first. Or a motorcycle. Hell, even one of those little cute ones that old people drive would do.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Also, the international consensus appears to involve some secret side deals that no one knows the details of.
I thought the world swore off secret treaties after they caused WW1?
Guess they are coming back into vogue just in time for WW3!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...d14dbc-3460-11e5-8e66-07b4603ec92a_story.html

This is an opinion piece written by someone so intellectually dishonest he entitled it "Obama’s secret Iran deals exposed", even though the very first sentence completely debunks it:

President Obama promised that his nuclear deal with Iran would not be “based on trust” but rather “unprecedented verification.” Now it turns out Obama’s verification regime is based on trust after all — trust in two secret side agreements negotiated exclusively between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that apparently no one (including the Obama administration) has seen.

So it obviously isn't "Obama's secret Iran deals" at all. It is just more sensationalist scaremongering by the usual suspects.

Here is some irony. The Times of Israel has publicly provided this "secret deal" and reports that:

Officials confirm draft does not differ from final, confidential deal between UN nuclear watchdog and Tehran

Iran and the Agency agreed on the following sequential arrangement with regard to the Parchin issue:

Iran will provide to the Agency photos of the locations, including those identified in paragraph 3 below, which would be mutually agreed between Iran and the Agency, taking into account military concerns.

Iran will provide to the Agency videos of the locations, including those identified in paragraph 3 below, which would be mutually agreed between Iran and the Agency, taking into account military concerns.

Iran will provide to the Agency 7 environmental samples taken from points inside one building already identified by the Agency and agreed by Iran, and 2 points outside of the Parchin complex which would be agreed between Iran and the Agency.

The Agency will ensure the technical authenticity of the activities referred to in paragraphs 1-3 above. Activities will be carried out using Iran’s authenticated equipment, consistent with technical specifications provided by the Agency, and the Agency’s containers and seals.

The above mentioned measures would be followed, as a courtesy by Iran, by a public visit of the Director General, as a dignitary guest of the Government of Iran, accompanied by his deputy for safeguards.

Iran and the Agency will organize a one-day technical roundtable on issues relevant to Parchin.

This is also old news. The opinion piece is dated July 27th and the Times of Israel article was published on August 20th.